Literary techniques

Repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of words that are near to each other. Often used in poetry. (Example: Seven slippery snakes slithered sneakily southwards.)

• tone

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Words and/or phrases that appeal to the reader's senses of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. They bring a piece of text alive so that you can use your imagination to see, hear, feel, taste, or smell what is being described.

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

• theme

Repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of words that are near to each other. Often used in poetry. (Example: Seven slippery snakes slithered sneakily southwards.)

Words and/or phrases that appeal to the reader's senses of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. They bring a piece of text alive so that you can use your imagination to see, hear, feel, taste, or smell what is being described.

A direct comparison of two otherwise unlike things that have some qualities in common. Ex., My hands are ice cubes.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• tone

A comparison using "like" or "as." Ex., My hands are like ice cubes.

• metaphor

• simile

• tone

• personification

My hands are ice cubes.

What literary technique is this?

My hands are like ice cubes.

What literary technique is this?

Two of the themes of The Village by the Sea are change and survival. What is a theme?

• The main idea, lesson, or message about life in a text.

• Something interesting that you learn from a text or story.

• One word that tells us the best part of the story.

• The moral of the story.

The atmosphere, or feeling, in a text. How it makes you feel when you read it.

• foreshadowing

• theme

• tone

• mood